Messaging app aims to be a safer Snapchat
(CNN) On the Internet, a truly private conversation is hard to come by. Personal communications on apps, e-mail and social networks are very much an open book, and they leave a trail of personal data that can potentially be accessed by criminals, corporations and government agencies. No wonder more and…
Users struggle to implement Microsoft’s SharePoint 2013
Service Management by Amy-jo Crowley| 23 September 2013 A third of IT leaders have struggled to implement it. An increasing number of IT leaders are failing to implement Microsoft’s SharePoint 2013 as users struggle with security issues around cloud technology, new research has revealed. The survey of 620 employees from Europe and America Another…
Alibaba Offers Instant-Messaging App to Compete Against Tencent
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., thelargest e-commerce company in China, is offering an instant-messaging app as it tries to compete against Tencent HoldingsLtd. in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The app, called Laiwang, allows users to form group chatswith as many as 500 people and share maps, videos and stickers,according to…
New Android 4.4 screenshot leaks reveal redesigned messaging, dialer apps …
A tipster did the kind deed of leaving 9to5Google with images showing a new dialer and messaging app interface in Android 4.4, along with a new icon for the messaging app. I personally like the new look of the dialer app, since I prefer lighter interfaces. There isn’t much to…
Another flawed Office update tells users to buy the suite
Computerworld – Microsoft yesterday acknowledged yet another problem with its Sept. 10 updates, confirming that one of those fixes broke Office 2010 Starter Edition by changing the file associations of already-created documents. "After installing this update, some users have reported they are unable to open files by double-clicking them, that the file…
Is Asia’s Internet superiority due to high-density cities? Readers debate.
One reader argues that dense apartment buildings make it cheaper to build broadband infrastructure. (Photo by DieselDemon) We love it when Switch readers take the time to leave a comment letting us know what they think. So every weekend we highlight the week’s most insightful comments. In a Tuesday post…
Games for Windows Live Marketplace Lives On For a Few More Days
The Games for Windows Live Marketplace was scheduled to shut down on August 22. That was yesterday, but the store is still up past its due date. For whatever reason, Microsoft silently changed the close date sometime in the past 24 hours. Updated on the support webpage, the GFWL Marketplace will now…
Comindware Brings Business Process Management Capabilities to Microsoft …
"Our new Microsoft Outlook tool was designed to breakdown this barrier by allowing users to stay within their Outlook environment to manage and execute business processes. By leveraging a familiar user interface, Comindware Tasks for Outlook helps&nbsp;…<p><a href="http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/19/5224439/comindware-brings-business-process.html">Keep reading…</a></p>
Dearborn blood donor center closing this week
DEARBORN Area blood donors may have to drive a little farther, or keep a closer eye out for community drives, if they want to donate when the American Red Cross closes its Dearborn donation center later this month. Nationally, the American Red Cross had to reexamine its expenses and ultimately…
Box joins the crew of companies trying to disrupt Microsoft Office
A year ago, file storage and collaboration service Box hired Sam Schillace, the creator of cloud-based document creation tool Writely, which later became Google Docs, the cornerstone of Google Apps. At first, Apps was considered a joke, way behind on features and suitable only for individuals and small businesses. Eventually,…
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